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BREAKING: Court declares Aminu Ado Bayero as authentic Emir of Kano

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Federal High Court in Kano has declared Aminu Ado Bayero as the real Emir of Kano as it set aside all steps taken by State government to repeal the Kano Emirates Council Law.

The Kano House of Assembly had repealed the law after which Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf implemented it by dethroning Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano.

The governor also reversed the creation of four emirates, Bichi, Rano Karaye and Gaya, by his predecessor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

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The law was relied upon to re-appoint the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who wasBREAKING: Court declares Aminu Ado Bayero as authentic Emir of Kano dethroned by Ganduje in 2020, as the 16th Emir of Kano.

But a kingmaker in the former Kano emirate, Aminu Babba Danagundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba, challenged the propriety of the law and asked the court, through his counsel, Chikaosolu Ojukwu (SAN), to declare the law null and void.

In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman set aside the action of the Kano government and ordered parties to maintain the status quo.

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